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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Nobody told us we could have ten years of Tory rule AND chaos with Ed Miliband!
*Loads* of chat almost overnight about how the Age of the Wes is over and the time of the Ed is come. You’d have to say it’s either because these lads are being privately told that Mandy has fucked the New Labour lads out of the heliosphere, or they can see it for themselves and don’t need telling.
a louisiana license plate is laying on the ground
ALT: a louisiana license plate is laying on the ground
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Nobody told us we could have ten years of Tory rule AND chaos with Ed Miliband!
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🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Looks like ICE.
(Go on, detach this post, you cowards.)
(Go on, detach this post, you cowards.)
Law enforcement on Tuesday released photos of a masked individual appearing to tamper with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning of her disappearance. 🔗 on.wsj.com/46uTQjq
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Looks like ICE.
(Go on, detach this post, you cowards.)
(Go on, detach this post, you cowards.)
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I think growing up in the specific time we did has a lot of us taking "they'll just jailbreak it" for granted. There still isn't a working root for Amazon tablets made after 2019. The Xbox360 is 20 years old and we're only just now seeing a softmod on the horizon.
They can lock stuff down now.
They can lock stuff down now.
You would immediately be able to buy a speed limiter hacking kit on the black market and all the worst people would have them disabled. We've seen this before with every other technological solution to a societal problem, from covid vaccination cards to plane transponders.
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I think growing up in the specific time we did has a lot of us taking "they'll just jailbreak it" for granted. There still isn't a working root for Amazon tablets made after 2019. The Xbox360 is 20 years old and we're only just now seeing a softmod on the horizon.
They can lock stuff down now.
They can lock stuff down now.
"No break greater than 4 hrs yesterday"
"Posted same url 10+ times yesterday"
"Posts a lot: more than 100 times yesterday"
"Posted same url 10+ times yesterday"
"Posts a lot: more than 100 times yesterday"
Have the day you elected.🤷🏻♂️
February 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
"No break greater than 4 hrs yesterday"
"Posted same url 10+ times yesterday"
"Posts a lot: more than 100 times yesterday"
"Posted same url 10+ times yesterday"
"Posts a lot: more than 100 times yesterday"
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Good to see Lewis Goodall at least addressing this, a thing nobody else I’ve seen has had a go at.
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Good to see Lewis Goodall at least addressing this, a thing nobody else I’ve seen has had a go at.
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This popped up in my memories from 2022...
Everything about it is magnificent;
- Inexplicable The xx playing in the background
- The debate lord tactics on such a mundane topic
- The blank stare from the wife the whole time
- Capped off w/ a premonition of the impending divorce
Everything about it is magnificent;
- Inexplicable The xx playing in the background
- The debate lord tactics on such a mundane topic
- The blank stare from the wife the whole time
- Capped off w/ a premonition of the impending divorce
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This popped up in my memories from 2022...
Everything about it is magnificent;
- Inexplicable The xx playing in the background
- The debate lord tactics on such a mundane topic
- The blank stare from the wife the whole time
- Capped off w/ a premonition of the impending divorce
Everything about it is magnificent;
- Inexplicable The xx playing in the background
- The debate lord tactics on such a mundane topic
- The blank stare from the wife the whole time
- Capped off w/ a premonition of the impending divorce
"I'M IN A POLYCULE WITH AELLA"?
the "pro billionaire march" is going exactly like you would expect, 5 terminally online libs
February 9, 2026 at 12:40 AM
"I'M IN A POLYCULE WITH AELLA"?
Unreal. Hours after Ryan Grim, co-founder of @dropsitenews.com, complained about students protesting Ezra Klein as "deplatforming" and "censoring", DropSite deplatformed its writer Alex Colston.
Imagine having so little shame that you would then fire someone for pointing out that publicly smearing anti-genocide students for protesting Ezra Klein is wrong.
February 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Unreal. Hours after Ryan Grim, co-founder of @dropsitenews.com, complained about students protesting Ezra Klein as "deplatforming" and "censoring", DropSite deplatformed its writer Alex Colston.
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I feel so sick reading this. She dedicated her life to helping her immigrant trans siblings, finally got the medical care she sought her whole life, and then a year later ICE tricked her, kidnapped her and used her postoperative status as a weapon to destroy her health.
CW for basically everything
CW for basically everything
She Was Honored With A Human Rights Award. Then She Says ICE Tricked And Arrested Her.
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
www.huffpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I feel so sick reading this. She dedicated her life to helping her immigrant trans siblings, finally got the medical care she sought her whole life, and then a year later ICE tricked her, kidnapped her and used her postoperative status as a weapon to destroy her health.
CW for basically everything
CW for basically everything
Japan just had its 3rd general election in 5 years, and...the LDP blew out the opposition. Ehn. I see why people pay more attention to the Super Bowl and the Olympics.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ja...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ja...
2026 Japanese general election - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Japan just had its 3rd general election in 5 years, and...the LDP blew out the opposition. Ehn. I see why people pay more attention to the Super Bowl and the Olympics.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ja...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ja...
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OK these complaints are getting a little silly— the guy who founded a news company that focuses on Gaza basically every day stopped talking about it in Nov 2024?
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
OK these complaints are getting a little silly— the guy who founded a news company that focuses on Gaza basically every day stopped talking about it in Nov 2024?
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Okay, but I can certainly see why it’s highly inconvenient for some people that the focus is on political corruption
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Okay, but I can certainly see why it’s highly inconvenient for some people that the focus is on political corruption
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Stark difference between Peter Mandelson and Nicola Sturgeon police home searches
Not a surprise though. 😉
Not a surprise though. 😉
Stark difference between Peter Mandelson and Nicola Sturgeon police home searches
Officers erected a forensic tent outside of the former first minister's home, did Peter Mandelson get the same treatment?
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Stark difference between Peter Mandelson and Nicola Sturgeon police home searches
Not a surprise though. 😉
Not a surprise though. 😉
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
1/
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
1/
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'The [utterly despicable paedo-]Times just conducted a "friendly" interview with Peter Mandelson (pictured half naked with young girls) that says he was “manipulated” by Jeffery Epstein'
Murdoch rag publishes Mandelson puff piece despite Epstein scandal www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Murdoch rag publishes Mandelson puff piece despite Epstein scandal www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Murdoch rag publishes Mandelson puff piece despite Epstein scandal
The Times may be part of the Murdoch press, but you'd think they have the sense not to publish a Mandelson puff piece at this moment in time
www.thecanary.co
February 8, 2026 at 11:42 AM
'The [utterly despicable paedo-]Times just conducted a "friendly" interview with Peter Mandelson (pictured half naked with young girls) that says he was “manipulated” by Jeffery Epstein'
Murdoch rag publishes Mandelson puff piece despite Epstein scandal www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Murdoch rag publishes Mandelson puff piece despite Epstein scandal www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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"Why is it there was one set of rules for Mandelson & a different set of rules for people like myself"
Labour MP Apsana Begum has consistently spoken out against the factionalism of those in control of Labour (& Apsana knows from personal experience how disgusting their actions can be
Labour MP Apsana Begum has consistently spoken out against the factionalism of those in control of Labour (& Apsana knows from personal experience how disgusting their actions can be
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
"Why is it there was one set of rules for Mandelson & a different set of rules for people like myself"
Labour MP Apsana Begum has consistently spoken out against the factionalism of those in control of Labour (& Apsana knows from personal experience how disgusting their actions can be
Labour MP Apsana Begum has consistently spoken out against the factionalism of those in control of Labour (& Apsana knows from personal experience how disgusting their actions can be
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The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms
Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
Arctic sea ice volume has been, if I'm reading this chart correctly, at a perpetual seasonally adjusted low, to within statistical error, every day from the start of 2023 (maybe even 2022).
Arctic sea ice volume is at a record low for the time of year, as it has been for well over a year. The image shows Arctic sea ice volume through February 6, 2026. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2026/02/horr...
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Arctic sea ice volume has been, if I'm reading this chart correctly, at a perpetual seasonally adjusted low, to within statistical error, every day from the start of 2023 (maybe even 2022).
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"The use of Shannon Airport for flights carrying Palestinians being deported from the United States has been described as “reprehensible”, “deeply disturbing,” and “outrageous” by Opposition politicians." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
Shannon Airport being used to deport Palestinians from US | BreakingNews
The first of the two flights passed through Shannon Airport on the night of January 20th/21st with eight Palestinian men on board, reportedly with their wrists and ankles shackled.
www.breakingnews.ie
February 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
"The use of Shannon Airport for flights carrying Palestinians being deported from the United States has been described as “reprehensible”, “deeply disturbing,” and “outrageous” by Opposition politicians." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
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A masked federal agent in a convenience store parking lot in the northern Twin Cities suburb of Coon Rapids told legal observers that Minnesota’s status as a blue state is linked with the removal of residents, on a video provided to Unicorn Riot.
NEW VIDEO: Federal Agent in Coon Rapids: ‘The more people that you lose in Minnesota, you then lose a voting right to stay blue.’
Two observers talk with this agent who mentions “blue state media” and “voting rights.” Recorded at 4 p.m. on February 4.
Two observers talk with this agent who mentions “blue state media” and “voting rights.” Recorded at 4 p.m. on February 4.
February 7, 2026 at 1:44 AM
A masked federal agent in a convenience store parking lot in the northern Twin Cities suburb of Coon Rapids told legal observers that Minnesota’s status as a blue state is linked with the removal of residents, on a video provided to Unicorn Riot.
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LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 AM
LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
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Why does this look like a Symbolics demo from 1988?
February 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Why does this look like a Symbolics demo from 1988?
Reddit as most anti-Trump of these platforms interesting in light of the controversies years ago about misogyny and /r/The_Donald/. (And given how much LLMs have been trained on Reddit posts, might help explain US LLMs' liberal-ish-by-default lean.)
Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Reddit as most anti-Trump of these platforms interesting in light of the controversies years ago about misogyny and /r/The_Donald/. (And given how much LLMs have been trained on Reddit posts, might help explain US LLMs' liberal-ish-by-default lean.)